Audi, the posh automobile producer owned by Volkswagen Group, will reduce 7,500 jobs in Germany by the top of 2029, the corporate and the works council introduced on Monday, following in depth negotiations.
Together with different monetary cuts for workers, the transfer goals to save lots of the carmaker greater than €1 billion ($1.09 billion) per yr within the medium time period.
The firm and the works council had wrangled over the financial savings plan, however have now agreed on an idea. Works council chairman Jörg Schlagbauer stated the corporate initially deliberate to remove 12,000 jobs.
“Audi needs to become faster, more agile, and more efficient. One thing is clear: this won’t be possible without workforce adjustments,” administration board chairman Gernot Döllner stated.
But Döllner emphasised that “there will be no redundancies for operational reasons until the end of 2033. In difficult economic times, that is good news for all employees.”
The present job safety programme, which excludes obligatory redundancies, will likely be prolonged till the top of 2033. It beforehand utilized till the top of 2029.
Audi additionally stated it plans to speculate €8 billion in its German websites.
“We are positioning Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm to be robust and flexible for the challenging transition to electric mobility,” Döllner stated. Ingolstadt is close to Munich and Neckarsulm is close to Stuttgart.
Source: www.anews.com.tr